A followup to close the thread:<br><br><a href="http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=36003&p=207698&e=207698" target="_blank">http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=36003&p=207698&e=207698</a><br>
<br>I'm not convinced this is the complete or ideal solution/workaround. To me it sound this can be modified in a config file somewhere. But I can't find it. I eventually just used a workaround and placed a terminal shortcut in the bottom panel. Oh well, life's a compromise.<br>
<br clear="all">-- Asher <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Tim Watts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timtw@earthlink.net" target="_blank">timtw@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Sounds like it might be a setting on the desktop or menu link used to<br>
invoke it?<br>
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On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 09:42 -0500, Asher Vilensky wrote:<br>
> Yes, I suspect X too. But I can't find it. When I 'su' to another<br>
> user, it dumps me in the right $HOME directory. When I further 'su -'<br>
> back to root it also dumps me at $HOME. It's only when I open a<br>
> terminal window that it puts me at $HOME/Desktop. It behaves the same<br>
> for all users, so it's some global setting, that strangely overrides<br>
> personal *bash* files.<br>
><br>
> -- Asher<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> what does /etc/passwd show for the home dir?<br>
><br>
> It may also be quirk of your X environment since you are<br>
> opening a terminal.<br>
><br>
> Check /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc for defaults.<br>
><br>
> strange.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Asher Vilensky<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ashervilensky@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashervilensky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > When I login into my Mint VM as root and open a terminal, it<br>
> puts me in<br>
> > /root/Desktop and not in /root. Why?<br>
> > It doesn't read my .bashrc or .bash_profile (both of which<br>
> didn't exist...I<br>
> > created them). Why?<br>
> > What is the file .dmrc? Should it be changed? To what?<br>
> ><br>
> > [root@asher-laptop ~]# cat .dmrc<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > [Desktop]<br>
> > Session=default<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks.<br>
> ><br>
> > -- Asher<br>
> ><br>
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